Robin Hood and Little John Stones is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Boundary stone.
Robin Hood and Little John Stones
- WRENN ID
- peeling-kitchen-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Address
- Robin Hood and Little John Stones, Hawsker Lane, Hawsker-Cum-Stainsacre, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 917 095
- Coordinates
- 54.47275, -0.58594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robin Hood and Little John stones are two field boundary stones located on the west side of Hawsker Lane. Likely dating from the 19th century, they replace earlier stones and are made of roughly tooled gritstone. Each stone is approximately 0.6 metres high and features cylindrical columns topped with circular flat caps. The rims of the caps are inscribed with the names "ROBIN HOOD CLOSE" and "LITTLE JOHN CLOSE." These field names are believed to originate from a legendary archery contest between Robin Hood and Little John. There is also a suggestion that the name Robin Hood may be a variation of the hobgoblin, Robin Goodfellow. The stones are included for their historical interest.
Local climate
Robin Hood and Little John Stones receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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